Regnault de Chartres

Regnault de Chartres (1380-4 April 1444) was Archbishop of Reims from 1414 to 1444, succeeding Pierre Trousseau and preceding Jacques Jouvenel des Ursins.

Biography
Regnault de Chartres was born in Ons-en-Bray, France in 1380, and he became dean of Saint-Pierre de Beauvais in 1404. In 1414, he was appointed Archbishop of Reims, and he became a lieutenant of King Charles VI of France in 1418 and adviser to Dauphin Charles. He doubted Joan of Arc's capabilities, claiming that she might be an instrument of the Devil. In 1429, he crowned Charles at Reims, and he also became Bishop of Agde in 1436 and of Orleans in 1439. He died in 1444.